Monster Hunt: Notes from a Hunter

Edilika finally couldn't sit back and watch the two little guys fight the giant birds.

It was fine before the battle, she was sure to protect Fufu and the others, but once the real fight started, anything could happen.

The two were not equipped with any protective gear with excellent defensive performance. As a temporary guardian, she couldn't let the two children risk their lives.

She walked out of the shadows of the trees and shot the bow with both hands.

Before the first batch of arrows hit the target, the second batch of arrows had already been released from the string, and the sharp arrows poured out like a rainstorm, drilling into the heads and abdomens of the two giant birds with the weakest defenses.

The attack power of an experienced upper-level hunter cannot be compared with the two novices who are not even formal hunters, and the strange-faced people holding rusty iron knives.

Almost the moment she launched the attack, the two giant birds were severely damaged.

They howled in pain and retreated again and again.

Edelica did not continue the rapid burst that was almost as good as the rapid-fire light crossbow, but exerted all her strength, pulled the bowstring to its full length in one breath, and began to accumulate power.

After a short two seconds of accumulation, she released the bowstring.

With a sharp sound of breaking wind far exceeding the previous few arrows, the arrow tore through the air and drilled deep into the chest of one of the big monster birds. The arrow, which was more than one meter long, was nearly halfway immersed.

"Guoaoaoao——!"

The big monster bird twitched and leaned back. Under the stimulation of severe pain, it let out a series of sharp howls of pain.

Even with their not-so-smart beast thinking, they realized that the opponent in front of them was not easy to mess with.

Regardless of the risk of being entangled by the surrounding branches and vines, the two big monster birds flapped their orange-red wings and tried to take off and escape.

Edelica habitually reached for the prop bag behind her waist, ready to take out the sonic boom bomb, shake the two big monster birds down, and then quickly get rid of them.

But just as Edelica was about to open the prop bag, she stopped.

The goal of this mission was not to hunt the giant birds. Although it was easy for her to kill two giant birds, it would waste a lot of arrows.

There was no need.

The strange-faced people certainly wanted to hunt the two giant birds, which meant a lot of meat and many animal bones with various uses.

But they couldn't shoot down the giant birds in the air with just the broken iron knives and blowguns in their hands. They could only scream at the sky and watch the two giant birds fly away.

Edelica didn't trust these manic little orcs.

They were aggressive and often attacked travelers and caravans. In the past 20 or 30 years since she became a hunter, she had shot and killed at least a hundred of them.

But she still put away her weapons temporarily to show her friendship.

After all, these strange-faced people were summoned by Fu Fu with a bone whistle, and they should be able to communicate to a certain extent.

The facts have indeed proved this point. Although the strange-faced people showed great vigilance against the "big orc" who suddenly appeared and drove away the big monster bird, at least they did not launch an attack at the first time.

"Instructor Edelica!"

Fufu, with a pig head on her head, jumped over, and seemed to be immersed in the fanatical atmosphere of fighting side by side with the strange-faced people before.

Saier seemed much more normal. The young man supported his knees with both hands, took a few deep breaths to relieve the tension, and took off the Maru bird camouflage headgear that was in the way.

The gathered strange-faced people suddenly made a restless strange cry, and he was so scared that he quickly put the headgear back on.

Edelica's eyes twitched, pointing at the group of strange-faced people and said to Fufu: "You deal with their affairs first and then talk about other things."

Fufu was stunned.

My mother only told me that blowing the bone whistle can call the strange-faced people.

So, how to get them back?

She looked at the group of strange-faced people, and then at Instructor Edilica. The latter's eyes may not be very stern, but they can indeed be called serious.

She had a hunch that if this matter was not handled properly, the group of strange-faced people would be dissatisfied and show a clear desire to attack.

Instructor Edilica would take the lead to kill them all.

No, no! Absolutely not! Don't repay kindness with enmity like this.

Fu Fu turned her mind quickly, trying to find a solution from past knowledge and memory.

Food? For the orcs in the wild, food is a very precious gift.

With a plan, Fu Fu first looked at Sai Er, "Quick! Take out all the food you carry!"

Sai Er hurriedly did so.

Fu Fu held Sai Er and all the dry food on her body and came to the group of strange-faced people.

The strange-faced people looked at these square and hard-looking things curiously, wondering what they were.

Fu Fu didn't know the language of the strange-faced people, but this did not prevent her from expressing her intentions.

She picked up a piece of food, unwrapped it, and put it to the mouth of the wild boar mask, pretending to eat, and then handed it to the leader of the strange-faced tribe.

The strange-faced tribe sniffed it and immediately realized that it was food, and jumped happily.

Seeing that the other party understood, Fufu gave the rest to the other party, hoping that they would understand that these foods were rewards for their help.

Although these rewards were indeed a bit shabby.

But she didn't expect that the strange-faced tribe was not Elu who frequently communicated with humans, and they didn't even have the concept of "reward".

Seeing Fufu handing out food, they also took out some dirty dried mushrooms, tree fruits, unknown dried animal meat and other things from their crotches and gave them back to Fufu.

Fufu wanted to refuse at first, but seeing that the other party became agitated again, she could only smile dryly and accepted these messy gifts.

Squatting on the ground, Fufu continued to try to recall.

That's right! My mother seemed to have told me that masks are the most important items for the strange-faced people.

How about giving them the big boar disguise on their heads?

No, no, it's not a question of whether I'm willing to give it up. From the attitude of the strange-faced people when Saier tried to take off the Marunori disguise just now, it can be seen that this kind of thing that represents identity recognition cannot be taken casually.

It may have a counterproductive effect.

But if I only give part of it, is it feasible?

Fufu, who had some ideas, made a "wait a moment" gesture to the strange-faced people, stood up, and walked to Saier.

"Come! Help me remove the two fangs on this wild boar's head!"

"Ah?"

"What? Hurry up!" Fufu stood firm and held the wild boar's head steady.

Saier could only reach out and hold the tusks, and pry them apart with force.

The tusks were firmly connected to the gums of the wild boar, and the two of them had to work hard. Saier even used a peeling knife to finally pry off the two tusks.

During this process, the Qimian tribe kept exclaiming, as if they didn't understand why they were doing this.

Fufu, with a wild boar head without tusks, returned to the Qimian tribe and handed the two tusks forward.

The leading Qimian tribe stepped back in shock and looked up at Fufu, as if to confirm with her.

Fufu handed the two tusks forward again, and the Qimian tribe took them tremblingly.

"Kaba!"

"Gakaga!"

The surrounding Qimian tribe danced and cheered in unison.

They looked very happy, and the effect seemed to be very good! Fufu was proud of herself.

The strange-faced tribe member who took the wild boar tusk fumbled around for a long time, and finally took off the purple-black tattered animal skin wrapped around his waist, raised it high and handed it to Fufu.

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Fufu, disguised as a wild boar, looked away.

She didn't really want to touch this thing, but in order not to disappoint the other party's kindness, she had to bite the bullet and take it.

The strange-faced tribe members cheered again, and after jumping and celebrating, they finally happily went into the bushes and disappeared into the dense forest.